• poo@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Can’t remember the last time that a headline about someone being shot and killed brought a smile to my face, but here we are. Brian Thompson deserves no sympathy.

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      22 days ago

      Comment’s still up after an hour, yup, looks like the mods here are pretty good. I like this place. Over in /c/news the modlog is insane, looks like it’d be easier to just remove themselves from the Fediverse rather than try and remove all the comments that might hint at “celebrating violence”.

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        22 days ago

        Hopefully it stays that way! Most communities here seem to have a fucked up version of moderation where going “I’m glad Hitler is dead” yields a ban for celebrating violence lol

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          22 days ago

          Personally I’m glad Hitler is dead but I don’t approve of the person who shot him.

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          22 days ago

          That is reddit, and it’s only for billionaires and fascists. If you cheer at the murder of a leftist or anti-zionist reporter they might give you gold.

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        22 days ago

        The thing is that none of us celebrate violence and certainly not murder, but when this is the closest thing to justice that we get for people like him?

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          22 days ago

          Oddly enough, this is an example of when satire becomes the safest place for discourse. I’m all for it, lol!

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            this is an example of when satire becomes the safest place for discourse

            Soviet anecdotes, anyone?

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        22 days ago

        Huh, from your post I’d assumed it painted a brutal picture of him. Instead, it’s basically just his family and company saying “he was such a nice man”.

        I expected better, NPR.

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          22 days ago

          Don’t expect a mainstream news outlet to condone an assassination.

          Also, don’t feel the need to have a mainstream news outlet validate your ideas.